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*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/08/20/how-a-dubious-statistic-convinced-u-s-courts-to-approve-of-indefinite-detention/ How a dubious statistic convinced U.S. courts to approve of indefinite detention]
::In the 2002 case McKune v. Lile, the Supreme Court upheld a Kansas law that imposed harsher sentences on sex offenders who declined to participate in a prison rehab program.(Radley Balko - The Washington Post, US)<!-- Added 8-20-15 -->


*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-crusade-against-ted-heath-dancing-on-peoples-graves/17276#.VcicQ62Ymqo The crusade against Ted Heath: dancing on people’s graves]
*[http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-crusade-against-ted-heath-dancing-on-peoples-graves/17276#.VcicQ62Ymqo The crusade against Ted Heath: dancing on people’s graves]

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Popular interest

In the 2002 case McKune v. Lile, the Supreme Court upheld a Kansas law that imposed harsher sentences on sex offenders who declined to participate in a prison rehab program.(Radley Balko - The Washington Post, US)
The inquisition into historical allegations of abuse is out of control.(Frank Furedi - spiked, UK)
Historic sex abuse claims have fuelled the UK’s compensation industy.(Barbara Hewson - spiked, UK)
The child-protection industry is constructing the crime it claims to combat. (Tim Black - spiked, UK)
Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert allegedly paid hush money to cover up sexual misconduct with a male student dating to his time as a coach and teacher in Yorkville, according to a source familiar with the investigation. ( Natasha Korecki - Chicago Sun Times, US)
J. Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in the history of the U.S. House, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges that he violated banking laws in a bid to pay $3.5 million to an unnamed person to cover up “past misconduct.” (Paul Kane, Mike DeBonis and Mark Berman - The Washington Post, US)
Police trawling for child-abuse cases is an affront to justice. (Frank Furedi - spiked, UK)
Brian Way whose Queensway video business (Azov Films), where a 2011 police raid garnered 187,000 images and 8,000 videos, had international impact was convicted on 15/17 charges. (Robert Cribb - Toronto Star, Ca)
Demands to try Janner show how unhinged the child-sex panic has become. (Luke Gittos - spiked, UK)
The UK justice system needs to face facts: 'recovered memories' simply aren't credible. (Barbara Hewson - spiked, UK)
On Tuesday night, The Current hosted what their editor in chief referred to no fewer than three times as a “groundbreaking” discussion about the psychology of pedophilia. Thrilled just to be invited, Bwog’s own Editor in Chief Taylor Grasdalen attended to learn more. (BWOG)
In the current climate, it’s all too easy for fantasists to be taken seriously. (Barbara Hewson - spiked, UK)
Meet the activist (Tom O'Carroll) whose life’s work is arguing that pedophilia is OK. (Corinne Purtill - Global Post, US)